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19 Apr 2006, 18:56

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Simply because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to become an invasive or persistent weed, according to a decade-long study published in the journal Nature.

a) because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to
b) because it is genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to
c) being genetically engineered does not make it any more likely that plants will
d) being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to
e) being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely that it will become

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28 Apr 2006, 03:18

I will go with C
The sentence can be read as â€œ According to a decade-long study published in the journal Nature, simply being genetically engineered does not make it any more likely that plants will become an invasive or â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦..

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16 Jul 2006, 05:49

This is actually a very good question. I had it in my GMATPrep test today. At first I was very temped to get rid of (C), (D) and (E) because of the word "being", but at the end picked the correct answer.

The lesson from this question is - Pearson Vue is very well aware of tricks mentioned in unofficial guidebooks such as Kaplan or PR. These books all teach you that "being" is everytime awkward and therefore wrong. You probably wouldn't find such a tricky question in the old ETS exam, but Pearson Vue won't let you score high that easily as you may think.

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Simply because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to become an invasive or persistent weed, according to a decade-long study published in the journal Nature.

a) because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to
b) because it is genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to
c) being genetically engineered does not make it any more likely that plants will
d) being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to
e) being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely that it will become

However a and b are not grammatically incorrect. It's a question of achieving a more succinct construction that D clearly provides.

In a for example, the 'they' clearly refers to plants and the 'it' usage is similar to the use of it in a sentence like - It is very sad... I have read this particular usage of 'it' being referred to as the 'empty - it' though I don't exactly recall the source of this knowledge.

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16 Jul 2006, 11:48

Yeah - Its D.

The answer has to be b/w B and D. Selected D coz B was pretty wordy... great explanation by Matt!
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